Dakota Fanning, whose constant screeching in War of the Worlds was enough to make at least a couple moviegoers (i.e. me and my date) wish that Tim Robbins's character survived the alien attack instead of hers, will be playing singer Cherie Currie in the upcoming film about 70's girl group The Runaways. The group also featured Micky Steele (Bangles), Joan Jett, and Lita Ford.
The Playlist (via Variety, via Pitchfork):
"The Runaways," the film profiling the all-girls 70's band of the same name has added a new young star to play a drug addled rock star. According to Variety, Dakota Fanning has signed on to play lead signer Cheri Currie, continuing her muscling in on all of Kristen Stewart's projects. Stewart who has already been pegged to play Joan Jett and Fanning is set to appear in the next installment of the "Twilight" series,.
Fanning, at 15, is the same age Currie was when she made her debut with the Runaways as the lead singer who is the voice behind the groups most famous hit, "Cherry Bomb." Not long after her debut with the band, Currie developed a serious drug and alcohol problem, which is perfect for Fanning since she proved she played a great drunk in "Push." The biopic is being written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, and it will begin production in late spring.
A Runaways movie before a Go-Gos movie? It seems to me there's a better flick with better tunes in that one, but I'm nonetheless very curious to see how this turns out.
